21485058https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21485058TennesseeShelbyCounty141850County141850Countygranted022Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee"Your petitioner Lucretia Toney a free person of Colour prays your worships to allow her and her child James Henry Toney now about 11 years of age the priviledge of remaining in Shelby County Tennessee upon their complying with the laws now in force in such cases April 1st 1850." [Transcription]State residency issues (FPOC)